CALL (UP)ON SOMEONE

call (up)on someone: translation

call (up)on someone

1. to visit someone. (

Upon

is formal and less commonly used than

on

.) •

My mother's friends call upon her every Wednesday.

•

Let's call on Mrs. Franklin this afternoon.

2. to choose someone to respond, as in a classroom. •

The teacher called upon me, but I was not ready to recite.

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Please don't call on me. I can't remember a thing.